साउन

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Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्रावण (śrāvaṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Phonetic Devanagari: साउन्

Proper noun

साउन • (sāun)

Shraavana
1. the fifth month of the Hindu lunar calendar
2. the fourth month of the Vikram Samvat calendar

Declension

Declension of साउन
	Singular	Plural
nominative	साउन	साउनहरू
accusative	साउनलाई	साउनहरूलाई
instrumental/ergative	साउनले	साउनहरूले
dative	साउनलाई	साउनहरूलाई
ablative	साउनबाट	साउनहरूबाट
genitive	साउनको	साउनहरूको
locative	साउनमा	साउनहरूमा

Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Related terms

(lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

“साउन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “साउन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

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